Scout D44 rear disc brake question

I am putting a scout 44 in the rear of my 79 CJ-5.The question is what parts will work and what can I find for a donor? Next question,Will scout hubs and spindles work on waggie knuckles?If anyone has pics of a scout rear disc brake conversion I would love to see them. Thanks in advance!

 

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I have a scout2 rear in my 77. Not sure what year it came from. I made the mount for the brake, used a CJ front caliper. The rotors are 4 door zook.

 

I used 3/8 boiler plate that I had laying around. Darn hard stuff to work with. Way over kill I think? Sorry, no dimensions. I made a cardboard template first, then traced it on the steel. Cut it with a torch. Plasma cutter is on my wish-list-O-tools. They do however work very well. I am still running the stock master cylinder with plans to upgrade to a vette cylinder on of these days. It works so well as is that I haven't really made any effort to swap it out.

forgot to add, I used air pressure to lock the caliper to the rotor to hold it in place to make the mount template.

 

That was great info,thanks!Does anyone know about the waggie front knuckles and the scout spindles and hubs?

 

Check out this link Nick

http://www.iitp.com/techcenter/reardiskconversion/reardiskconversion.htm

 

Good link, thanks!I am going to get something started today,I miss my jeep it looks lonesome sitting by itself in the shop not being drivenR)R)

 

You are correct Dan the scout 44 knuckles have 8 bolts,the waggie only has 6.I am going to the junk yard wed. to see if I can find a good donor,never thought I would say that about a FordR)

 

You can re drill the knuckle using the spindle as a template or redrill the spindle using a 6 bolt spindle as a template. I've done it both ways and works fine. In fact I have Scout 2 front spindles and caliper mounts on the '6 with wagoneer knuckles and I redrilled the knuckles. Works great. Done it for lots of other folks too with no issues. Just gotta make sure the caliper mount is "clocked" correctly before drilling. Nickmil

 

Thats a idea I never thought of,might do that to save some $.Thanks nickmil

 

I have used these brackets to mount the caliper a number of times.
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/p/3348,347_Weld-On-Flat-Mount-Caliper-Bracket.html
They work great. Used them the last time to do the disc conversion on dad's cj-7 using cj thin rotors and 1/2 chevy truck front calipers.